Nothing but blackness and strife!!
Wikipedia your birthday and pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.
Events:
1212 - The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
1913 - Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
1985 - Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand Harbor by French DGSE agents.
2003 - A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong.
Births:
1452 - King James III of Scotland
1897 - Jack "Legs" Diamond", American bootlegger
1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
Deaths:
1584 - William I of Orange [rubbed out]
2007 - Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China [executed]
Holiday:
Silence Day - celebrated by followers of Meher Baba. [so shut the hell up!]
Events:
1212 - The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
1913 - Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
1985 - Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand Harbor by French DGSE agents.
2003 - A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong.
Births:
1452 - King James III of Scotland
1897 - Jack "Legs" Diamond", American bootlegger
1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
Deaths:
1584 - William I of Orange [rubbed out]
2007 - Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China [executed]
Holiday:
Silence Day - celebrated by followers of Meher Baba. [so shut the hell up!]